Zisha Gorofsky

Zisha Gorofsky was a Russian Jewish immigrant to Dodge City, Kansas during the 1870s.

Biography
Zisha Gorofsky was born in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family, and she married Moshe Gorofsky; the two parented Laibel, Gearshon, and Semel. Forced from their homes by the anti-Semitic Russian authorities during the 1870s, they decided to move to Dodge City, Kansas in the United States. There, their son Semel was killed in a hazing incident, and Moshe decided not to pursue justice due to his belief in the Torah's law that one cannot report a murder that one has not witnessed oneself. Zisha later berated Moshe for this, saying that he was a frightened man; Gearshon had left his family to embark on a quest of revenge after Moshe refused to seek it himself. Ultimately, the family reconciled and lived in peace, as the killers turned themselves in after Moshe assured them that he would agree with them that Semel's death was an accident.